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SHAWN CRAHAN: 'SLIPKNOT Is A Culture'

Cathy A. Campagna of The Aquarian Weekly recently conducted an interview with SLIPKNOT percussionist Shawn Crahan. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. The Aquarian Weekly: What was it like when you heard [SLIPKNOT's new album] "All Hope Is Gone" went No. 1? Crahan: Well, for me, not to...

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'Guitar Hero: Metallica' Lead Designer Interviewed By 'Talking Metal'; Video Available

MTV2's Headbanger's Blog has uploaded an interview "Talking Metal" hosts Mark Strigl and John Ostronomy conducted with Guitar Hero: Metallica lead designer Alan Flores. Topics include METALLICA's involvement in the game's creation, its exclusive add-on double bass drum pedal, and both the METALLICA...

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'Guitar Hero: Metallica' Lead Designer Interviewed; Video Available

GameSpot recently conducted an interview with Neversoft lead designer Alan Flores about the forthcoming Guitar Hero: Metallica game. Watch the chat below. METALLICA has revealed the complete track listing Guitar Hero: Metallica, which is due out in North America on March 29. It is as follows: METALL...

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BLACKGUARD: Debut Album Track Listing Finalized

Montreal-based sympho/black/folk/power metal act BLACKGUARD (formerly PROFUGUS MORTIS) will release its debut album, "Profugus Mortis", on March 20 in Europe via Nuclear Blast Records and on April 28 in North America through Sumerian Records. The track listing for the CD is as follows: 01. Scarlet T...

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METALLICA Are Not Sell-Outs

According to Billboard Boxscore, which provides updated concert ticket sales information, neither of METALLICA's two Los Angeles shows in December was a sell-out despite the fact that the band is in the middle of its first American arena tour in four years. The ticket sales information, according to...

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'Guitar Hero: Metallica': Complete Track Listing Revealed

METALLICA has revealed the complete track listing for the upcoming Guitar Hero: Metallica game, which is due out in North America on March 29. It is as follows: METALLICA tracks: * All Nightmare Long * Battery * Creeping Death * Disposable Heroes * Dyers Eve * Enter Sandman * Fade To Black * Fight F...

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DRAGONFORCE Announces Far East Leg Of 'Ultra Beatdown' World Tour

After crashing into the Top 20 national album charts in Singapore and Taiwan with the new album "Ultra Beatdown", British extreme epic power metallers DRAGONFORCE have announced their second tour of the Far East for early April 2009. DRAGONFORCE's spectacular rise in the Far East countries following...

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Former IGNITOR Singer Working On New BRACAGLIA Material

Former IGNITOR vocalist Erika Tandy has been hard at work with guitar virtuoso Tony Bracaglia over the past year. They are now proud to share two tracks from their collaborative efforts: "Live By The Sword" and "Falling Star". Erika says of working with Tony: "This has been an fabulous experience. T...

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'Heavy Metal Killers' Compilation Due Next Month

Earache Records has set a February 16 release date for "Heavy Metal Killers", a compilation featuring the very best bands from the emerging "New Wave of Traditional Heavy Metal" scene. According to a press release, "Heavy Metal Killers" features "13 new tracks from the best fresh, young bands who sh...

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It has been several years since I've really given much of a shit about MANOWAR. Not that I don't appreciate what they do; I just kind of lost interest some years back, but still cherish golden 80s albums like "Fighting the World", "Hail to England", and "Kings of Metal". As such, I was marginally in...

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CONQUEST OF STEEL: European Tour Dates Announced

U.K. heavy metal warriors CONQUEST OF STEEL hit the European mainland once more this February for a week of dates to prepare the crowds for the release of their third album, "Storm Sword (Rise of the Dread Queen)", to be released in March 2009. Dates are as follows: Feb. 14 - Die Alte Hackerei - ...

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KREATOR Mainman Comments On 'Hordes Of Chaos' Video

German thrash metal veterans KREATOR are putting the finishing touches on their new video for the title track of their forthcoming album, "Hordes Of Chaos". The clip was shot on November 2 in Berlin, Germany with director Jörn Heitmann (RAMMSTEIN),who has also worked on the band's video for the son...

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LARS ULRICH's Favorite Album Of 2008: THE SWORD's 'Gods Of The Earth'

RollingStone.com recently asked METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich to name his favorite album of 2008. "We're fortunate to have this heavy-metal band from Austin out playing with us, and we've got them playing shows on our days off so that we can go see them," he responded. "I'm a product of British meta...

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TESTAMENT Takes Top Honors In 2008 'Metal On Metal' Listener Poll

TESTAMENT's "The Formation Of Damnation" album took the No. 1 spot in WJCU's "Metal On Metal" annual listener Top 25 countdown show. The album beat out second-place finisher, METALLICA's "Death Magnetic", by a 36% margin on the recently broadcast program (see chart below). "The Top 25 countdown show...

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Former FREHLEY'S COMET Member Releases Acoustic Re-Recording Of 'Time Ain't Running Out'

Former FREHLEY'S COMET member Tod Howarth has uploaded an acoustic re-recording of the classic FREHLEY'S COMET song "Time Ain't Running Out" on his MySpace page. He says, "I hope that you FREHLEY'S COMET fans enjoy it; it was done for you, with the idea coming from friend/fan Brian Sword. He has had...